In July 2019, a tholos, small Greek temple, ancient granite columns, treasure-carrying ships, and bronze coins from the reign of Ptolemy II, dating back to the third and fourth centuries BC, were found at Thonis-Heracleion by IEASM, a team of Egyptian and …

Apr 1, 2024 · Long ago, the Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion sank into the Mediterranean Sea — and into the misty realm of legend. For more than a millennium, its memory faded as waves lapped overhead until the world wondered if the once proud port, which was known as Thonis to the Egyptians and Heracleion to the Greeks, had ever really existed at all.

May 29, 2022 · The lost city of Thonis-Heracleion in ancient Egypt is one of the greatest submerged discoveries ever. For thousands of years, it has been hidden under water. Its existence was recorded only in a few rare inscriptions and ancient texts, according to the National Geographic website.

Jul 21, 2016 · Appearing in a few rare inscriptions and ancient texts, the city of Thonis-Heracleion was hidden away for thousands of years, submerged deep under the sea.

Nov 19, 2024 · The sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt's largest port before Alexandria, shows its lost history through ongoing underwater excavations.

Mar 6, 2023 · Almost 1,200 years ago, the Mediterranean Sea engulfed the city of Heracleion off the coast of Egypt. Before it sank more than a thousand years ago, it was one of the most significant commercial hubs in the Mediterranean.

Sep 16, 2020 · Maritime archaeologists discovered the spectacular remains of the port city in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast. Thonis was Egypt’s great port for much of the first millennium B.C.E. before Alexander the Great established the metropolis Alexandria in 331 B.C.E.

Jan 14, 2022 · Known as Thonis in ancient Egypt and as Heracleion by the Greeks, the underwater city of Thonis-Heracleion was one of ancient Egypt’s most important port cities. Founded around the 8th Century BCE, it predated Alexandria as the main trading port for the region by several centuries.

Franck Goddio has found important information on the ancient landmarks of Thonis-Heracleion, such as the grand temple of Amun and his son Khonsou (Herakles for the Greeks), the harbours that once controlled all trade into Egypt, and the daily life of its inhabitants.

Aug 3, 2021 · Thonis-Heracleion was Egypt’s largest Mediterranean port before Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BCE. A team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), led...